#a left for the 21st Century

[kalee60]

Steve's gait was slow, steady and thoughtful as he walked the streets of Brooklyn. A new Brooklyn. The wisp of memory the only remains of his old neighbourhood.

He'd been ‘unpopsicled’ as Tony eloquently put it for two weeks and he still wandered the borough, ordering overpriced coffee that tasted of cinnamon and ash. Mentally, Steve was unprepared for the changes the twenty first century wrought. But physically, he was at his peak, not even garnering second glances from passersby. Except the appreciating kind - something new he had to contend with.

Women were just as forward as back in his day, knowing what they wanted, what to look for; only they had more freedom now. Steve had never learnt to navigate those waters, had no need to, but Bucky, Bucky would know what to do.

Sighing, Steve watched his feet eat up the pavement as his thoughts turned to his best friend, his everything, his Bucky.

Regret of never speaking his love out loud nipped at his conscience.

If only he had another chance.

Bumping into a pop up advertisement in the middle of the street was expected due to lack of attention. But what wasn't expected was looking into eyes as familiar as his own.

“Bucky,” Steve breathed, fingers reaching out to touch the glass encased man who'd haunted his dreams for seventy years.

Steve's eyes devoured the picture.

Bucky's hair was longer on top, his strong jaw artfully shadowed and lips he'd always longed to kiss were plush, pink and pouty. Steve swallowed his sudden desire.

“Gorgeous, isn't he?” A woman remarked, standing next to Steve. “Hugo Boss knew what they were doing when they hired James Barnes.”

Steve's stomach erupted in a riot of sensations. Bucky was alive. Somehow, somewhere.

Now he just had to find him.

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300 word drabble for the prompt '21st century' from @stuckygeekevents ❤️

[tenowls]

sadly between rehearsals and bad weather I never got to visit the other islands - it was so fun but I do regret that not getting to explore further! I didn't say this enough in my reblog but holy CRAP, one glimpse of your art took me back 20 years - that's extraordinary! you captured that luminous atmosphere so perfectly, I'm genuinely blown away. I lived in Tokyo for years and the glow of light in the windows in the first picture is ❤️ I'm so happy you shared these - thank you very much!

ouuugh i hope u do get the chance to visit the others in the future, they’re also just as amazing!! we actually got so lucky w the weather, it started raining just as we left inujima hfjhk!! and also !!!!!! TY AAAAA THIS IS SO SWEET n makes me so happy to hear!!!!!! <333 it was a v special trip for me so i tried my best to capture the experience, im rly glad it connected :’)))

[wingheadshellhead]

Look, it was MCUSteve’s fault at the end of the day that he didn’t realize he had a thing for DILF’s until post CACW, if he figured it out sooner he’d have not done half the stupid shit he had pulled up until then!

That’s why he’s so done with his 2012 counterpart, he’s looking at his younger self thinking “you stupid twink you don’t even know what an embarrassment of riches you have access to right now”

(And no it’s isn’t MCUTony’s fault he didn’t come into his true DILFness until CACW, he was serving daddy by Avengers, Steve was just slow)

also 2012-15 avengers and aou era tony was still looking at all the avengers like they were the best thing to ever happen to him or otherwise having ptsd nightmares about them dying every night. this man WAS just as obsessed with steve as his other multiverse counterparts, he just also happened to think steve had no reason to like him or want to get to know him beyond work

@ mcu steve you absolute fool you could've had it all

[dinitride-art]

Mike and Will both would’ve died in season one if someone didn’t save them. They both have dramatic near death experiences that are set apart from everyone else. Will needed cpr when they found him in the library, and Mike actually jumped off a cliff. Those two situations both went far enough that it would have been too late for them to save themselves. And that’s why either of them dying at the end of the story doesn’t make sense. They’ve already almost died. They were already too far over the precipice to turn back by themselves.

Maybe a conclusion to this could be the two of them learning how to live by themselves. In the monologue Mike says that, “[he] doesn’t know how to live without [El].” And while Mike’s just saying whatever he can in that moment, what if there’s truth in that statement? What if he doesn’t know how to protect himself. How to not jump off a cliff and be caught? And Will’s hated accepting help for a while now. But always has to rely on people to save him in the end. Maybe Will’s going to figure out how to protect the people around him- without putting himself in harms way.

Maybe the conclusion to this story is learning how to save yourself. To love yourself as much as everyone else does so you can protect them too. Strength doesn’t come from self sacrifice. Not in this story. Barb, Bob, Eddie- they didn’t run away. They didn’t make sure they themselves were safe. And all their deaths have caused has been pain. Being the hero gets you killed. But trying to live? Will reaching out for his mom when he’s stuck in the Upside Down? She came to find him. Whether they believed her or not. Will was alive, and she went to save him. And when El was on her own in the woods, Hopper put eggos in a box. He took her in, and kept her safe. From everyone- maybe a little too much at times- but he went to her. And he protected her.

But Nancy’s right. “They aren’t little kids anymore.” They’re not going to have someone to protect them all the time. They’re going to have to be strong enough to protect themselves. Strong enough to live. Not sacrifice themselves to save everyone else.

[oneflydude]

has anybody here watched the odd couple (1968) because im thinking hilson thoughts...

[feluka]

i know i joke a lot about me being a piece of furniture with the way i spend the whole day sitting at home doing nothing but. today i’ve literally been standing by the sink pouring water out of bottles so my family can wash their hands for so long that i feel i’m beginning to morph into a human-shaped water tap

[notbecauseofvictories]

THE 21ST CENTURY RADIO PLAY — GIVE ME AWAY (2021)

There’s no reason to pick one worthy cause over another. All we’re saying is: at least pick one. Graham had neighbors his whole life. Sometimes they helped him, sometimes he helped them. That’s what neighbors do, they help each other. We’re not saying you must help these particular neighbors, all we’re saying is help someone. Find some neighbor who’s crying out, and see what you can do. 

[daz4i]

man. i am SO embarrassed by my own existence. ashamed of every aspect of myself. everything i have ever done has been shameful in one way or another and i wish i could erase it

[tootickie]

lessons in chemistry is the most annoying book ive read in a long time i have to vent on here so i dont color people's opinions in my book club chat before we meet but i havent struggled to get through something like this in so long. wheres that post thats like if you want characters with 21st century mindsets dont write historical fiction

[lighthouselesbian]

I have more things to say about the current state of sex positivity actually which does basically boil down to “telling girls they should have tons of sex because its empowering is not better than telling girls to never have sex because it makes them sluts” like either way girls are pressured into certain actions to appease the men around them. in the case of the latter you obviously have men who think women are more valuable to them if they have never had sex. but in the former category you have (an increasingly mainstream phenomenon of) young men raised on violent and dubious porn who expect their women partners to agree to rough and dangerous sex acts with basically no discussions on safety or consent or anything. this is NOT a critique on S/M sex — frankly mainstream sex culture has a LOT to learn from BDSM culture, which is generally very good at safety and ongoing affirmative consent. but instead of learning those lessons, all that young men took from that culture was “i’m allowed to hit and choke my sex partners with no regard for their safety or desires because i’m a dom.” and then the young women having sex with them — who now think they are now behind their peers or unempowered if they aren’t having any sex, good or not — are engaging in genuinely traumatic sexual encounters for their first time and accepting that as their baseline for good (hot, consensual, safe) sex. not to mention the swaths of underage girls (children) saying stuff like “i can’t wait to turn 18 so i can start an onlyfans!” and having the general response be “she wants this so therefore it is empowering” without ANY internal critical analysis on WHY you want these things and which social forces are pushing you towards them. and suddenly the current progressive culture of hyperindividualism and utter refusal to examine the nuance of anything ever (“everyone’s feelings are valid”) is arguing that all of these trends are, in fact, good, because all of them are technically consensual. and if you talk about any of this people call you a swerf.

[limeflavoredlobotomizer]

felt the need to share this with you

*Sighs very loudly* YEAH….

[the-busy-ghost]

Currently listening to the audiobook of “Murder Must Advertise” and I’m not very far in to it (so obviously don’t know how it will turn out) and even though it’s obviously part of the wider Peter Wimsey series, it has just struck me that a murder mystery but shot as a workplace mockumentary (like the Thick of It or the Office) would probably have gone down a storm in the noughties. 

[auntie-histamine]

in one of my dreams last night I was walking home through a crowded city. I was surrounded by people, and no one in particular really stood out for any particular reason. until I started reflecting on the dream and realized that there was ABSOLUTELY one guy dressed in Ezio's coat from Assassin's Creed II.

[evilkitten3]

the thing that least makes jonathan a relatable character for me is that he went to romania without any expectations of fuckery. like kudos to you for the life you've lived my man but you and i have lived very different lives

[scientific-tricorder]

I can't say I'm surprised, but I am disappointed.

On the other hand, Wesley was both a surprise and a delight.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Many controversial activists – on the right, the left and the religious extremist fringes – have moved to alternative platforms:

I'd rather Putin have my data than one of those SJW [Social Justice Warriors] in Silicon Valley

Generation Identity leader Martin Sellner,

spring 2018

"Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists" - Julia Ebner